Lithuania climbs up to 9th position on 2023 Global Gender Gap Index

Lithuania has been ranked sixth among European countries on the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour said on Friday.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2023, published by World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2006, shows Lithuania taking ninth place among 146 countries covered this year. In 2021, Lithuania ranked 11th.

“Since 2022, we have moved up two positions and are now in the top 10. Of course, we still have a long way to go on gender equality, but the changes are visible. I am pleased that our gender equality policy is trending in a positive direction,” Social Minister Monika Navickienė said.

“We are leading the European Union and we have the lowest gender employment gap of 10.8%. We will continue to plan our measures, our strategic documents in a coherent way so that next year we will be another step ahead,” she said.